Moradisaurus

Moradisaurus
Temporal range: Lopingian
Reconstruction of Moradisaurus grandis from different angles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Captorhinidae
Subfamily: †Moradisaurinae
Genus: †Moradisaurus
Taquet, 1969
Type species
†Moradisaurus grandis
Taquet, 1969

Moradisaurus is an extinct genus of large captorhinid tetrapods, with a single species Moradisaurus grandis,[1] known from the late Permian (Lopingian) aged Moradi Formation of Niger.[2][3] It is the largest captorhinid known, estimated to have reached a snout-vent length of over two metres.[4] Similar to other members of Moradisaurinae, it possessed multiple tooth rows, which is associated with a high-fiber herbivorous diet.[5]

The holotype is MNHN MRD1, a skull that was discovered during the late 1960s.[1]

  1. ^ a b P. Taquet. (1969). Première découverte en Afrique d'un Reptile Captorhinomorphe (Cotylosaurien). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences Paris, Série D 268:779-781
  2. ^ O'Keefe, FR; Sidor, CA; Larsson, HCE; Maga, A; Ide, O (2005). "The Vertebrate Fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger: III, Morphology and Ontogeny of the Hindlimb of Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia, Captorhinidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (2): 309–319.
  3. ^ Sidor, CA; Ide, OA; Larsson, HCE; O'Keefe, FR; Smith, RMH; Steyer, J-S; Modesto, SP (2022). "The vertebrate fauna of the upper Permian of Niger-XI. Cranial material of a juvenile Moradisaurus grandis (Reptilia: Captorhinidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41: e2030345.
  4. ^ LeBlanc, Aaron R. H.; Brar, Amanpreet K; May, William J; Reisz, Robert R (2015-09-18). "Multiple tooth-rowed captorhinids from the Early Permian fissure fills of the Bally Mountain Locality of Oklahoma". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 35. doi:10.18435/B5RP4N. ISSN 2292-1389.
  5. ^ Modesto, SP; Richards, CD; Ide, O; Sidor, CA (2018). "The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger-X. The mandible of the captorhinid reptile Moradisaurus grandis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (6): 1–14.